This document provides an agenda and overview of a seminar and workshop on mechanisms to support innovation for small and medium enterprises in Suriname. It introduces the Fab Lab Paramaribo, which is a digital fabrication laboratory located in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Fab Lab aims to provide tools, training, and resources to empower users from a variety of backgrounds to design and produce physical objects. It seeks to support innovation, entrepreneurship, education, and economic development in Suriname and the wider Caribbean region through collaboration in its user community and international Fab Lab network.
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SEMINAR ON MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT INNOVATION FOR SMES IN SURINAME
& WORKSHOP: DESIGN AS A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION
11 AND 12 APRIL, 2013, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
FAB LAB PARAMARIBO – INTRODUCTION
PIETER VAN DER HIJDEN
(FABLAB@VICEPRESIDENT.GOV.SR)
2013 – Fab Lab Paramaribo & Pieter van der Hijden - This work is licensed under a Creative
CommonsAttribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
2. AGENDA
Context
3rd Industrial revolution
How to make (almost) anything
What is a Fab Lab?
Tools!
Services!
Users!
Added values!
Fab Lab Paramaribo
In three words
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4. CONTEXT: HOW TO MAKE (ALMOST) ANYTHING
MIT – Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Center for Bits and Atoms
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld
Course: How to make
(almost) anything
Outreach activity
Set-up a simple and cheap
digital fabrication lab (50k
USD): Fab Lab
Autonomous initiatives
Now: 252 Fab Labs world
wide
All over the world
Since 11 Feb. 2013 in
Paramaribo
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5. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
Workspace with digital
production tools to
make (almost) anything
2d- & 3d-design
2d- & 3d-scanning
2d-vinyl cutter
2d-laser cutter /engraver
3d-printing
3d-milling
Electronics
Teleconferencing
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6. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
2d- & 3d-scanning
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From physical object to
virtual model
7. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
2d-laser cutter /engraver
Materials
Wood
Acrylic
Fabric
Cloth
Leather
Matte board
Paper
Rubber
Fiber glass
Plastic
Cork
Etc.
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8. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
3d-printing
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3D Print System with ZPrint 850
Laptop with
ZPrint/ZEdit 7.15
software, to adapt
the model and to
control the printer
Hardware: 3D
printer ZPrinter 850,
the real printer
Hardware: Powder
Recycling Station
(PRS), device to
remove any excess
powder
Hardware:
Workbench ZBench,
workbench for
postprocessing of
the products, e.g.
hardening
9. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
3d-printing
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3d printer 3DTouch™ Education Pack
10. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
3d-printing Printing houses from sand
and water, Enrico Dini
Airplane wing from carbon
fiber
Food printing
Organic materials (skin!)
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11. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
3d-milling, cutting,
carving, drilling or
machining
Materials
Wood
Plastic
Foam
Aluminium
Etc.
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12. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
Electronics
Arduino is an open-
source electronics
prototyping platform
Raspberry Pi – credit
card size computer that
plugs into tv & keyboard
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13. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
Teleconferencing
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14. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? SERVICES!
Access to the tools
Training, courses,
workshops
Advise on commercial
follow-up
Participation in
international projects
Assisting new Fab Labs
Consulting work
Receiving visitors
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15. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? USERS!
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University
Colleges
Museum
Crafters
Cultural
centre
Chamber
of
commerce
Min. of
labour &
techn. Min. of
trade and
industry
Internet
provider
General
public
Employers
ass.
Research
institutes
Embassy
Bank
Big
company
NGO
Supra
nationals
Techn.
schools
Adult
education
Women
movement
Training
centre
Consulta
ncies
Govern-
ment
Labour
union
Ministry
of
education
Other Fab
Labs
Drawing by
A. Fienieg -
1992
Individual
s Tinkerers
Research
ers
Inventors
Passers-
by
School
classes
Communit
y groups
Youth
groups
SMEs
NGOs
Fab Lab
communit
y
16. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? ADDED VALUES!
Tools
Designing and producing complex products
(requiring various tools and materials)
Services
Empowering
Learning organization
New (personalised) products and services
New jobs and/or enterprises
International visibility and collaboration
National and Caricom economy
More internationally oriented
More enterprising
More innovative
Users
Collaborating, Co-designing, Co-producing
Crosscultural
Multidisciplinary
International
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Meejin Yoon: Defensive dressing
Kelly Dobson: Screambody
17. FAB LAB PARAMARIBO
Initiated by the Vicepresident of the Republic of Suriname
Implementation of policy on innovation and technology
Budget 2013 Development plan 2012-2016 Constitution
1987
Soft launch 11 February 2013
Member of the international Fab Lab community
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18. FAB LAB PARAMARIBO
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Fab Lab Paramaribo – Actual status
Tools Set of tools almost completed
Services • Access to the tools plus
basic training
• Developing full package
• 2014
• Fab Academy
• Maker Faire
Caribbean?
• Outreach activities
Users Students first, other categories
ASAP
Fab Lab Paramaribo is located on
Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116-
118, Paramaribo
20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Fab Lab Paramaribo Project Team:
John Watkin (Kab VP, project manager)
Pieter van der Hijden (Sofos Consultancy,
consultant)
Anand Kalpoe (AdeKUS/FTeW)
Djoemarlan Kasanmoesdiran (Kab VP)
Reina Raveles (Kab Pres)
Website:
http://fablab.vicepresident.gov.sr
Email: fablab@vicepresident.gov.sr
Address: Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116-
118, Paramaribo, Suriname
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21. REFERENCES
Business model generation; a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers;
Alexander Osterwalder et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, USA, 2010.
CBA - The Center for Bits and Atoms; web site; http://cba.mit.edu/
Design Thinking for Educators; Design Team Riverdale Country School and IDEO; 2011.
Fab Central; website; http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
Fab Lab Locations; FabWiki; website; http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs
Fab; the coming revolution on your desktop; from personal computers to personal fabrication;
Neil Gershenfeld; Basic Books, New York, USA, 2005.
FabLab Business Models; presentation to the first Artilect FabLab Conférence; Peter Troxler;
Toulouse, 20-23 October 2011.
FabYearBook 2011; another year of growth; Ton Zijlstra (ed.); 2011.
International Fab Lab Association; web site; http://www.fablabinternational.org
Open design now; why design cannot remain exclusive; Bas van Abel et al.; Bis Publishers,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010.
Special report: Manufacturing and Innovation; The Economist; print edition 21 April 2012.
The butterfly paper no.1; Sophie Koers; Butterfly Works; 2008.
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